Ashfield Council provides a library network offering reader and outreach services, as well as information and collection services.
These services include a variety of events, activities and initiatives for adults, young people and children including storytime, online tutoring, book clubs, internet courses, HSC lectures, school holiday activities, a home library service, computer and internet access and much more.

We invite you to browse our range of library pages to learn about the latest activities and services on offer.

National Year of Reading 2012 : launch Tuesday 14 February

For the National Year of Reading Ashfield Library aims to promote : a lifelong love of reading ; literacy ; our library collections and services. There will be many events and activities throughout the year, kicking off with a jam-packed launch day on Tuesday 14 February!

Starting at 9.45am, Mayor of Ashfield Lyall Kennedy will officially launch the National Year of Reading at Ashfield Library, including a morning tea and the Australian Wildlife animal show.

All day at Ashfield and Haberfield Libraries every hour, free raffle tickets will be handed out for your chance to win a National Year of Reading booklight.

All day at Ashfield and Haberfield Libraries staff will pass around a bag with authors and genres to read ‘outside the square’. Write a review in 140 characters or less and tweet it (#NYR12), and/or add to our reviews noticeboard.

Other events throughout the day include:

  • a session on how to read to babies;
  • craft for adults (Ashfield and Haberfield);
  • a staff performance of the picture book Have You Ever Ever Ever? by Colin McNaughton;
  • library tours;
  • sessions on how to download ebooks and learn about twitter and the twitter reading group;
  • storytime for adults : Christine Carlton from Australian Storytellers Guild will read stories on the February petal theme of ‘Laugh’;
  • a literacy class presented by Mission Australia;
  • local caricaturist Dani Vittz will draw teenagers as their favourite book characters;
  • a special evening book trivia event with performance poet Jessica Cook.

For more information pick up a program flyer from the libraries, or click here.

e-Library Logo   eBooks now available  

Ashfield Library members now have access to an eLibrary where you can download audiobooks and eBooks - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are hundreds of titles to choose from - simply browse, check out, download and enjoy! All you need is your library card and pin number.

For more information, or to start browsing  visit eLibrary 24/7.

 

Be a reviewer!

Are you a frustrated reviewer? Well now you can write reviews directly into our library catalogue! Just find the item you want to write about in the catalogue, and then click on "Write a Review". Follow the quick & easy steps to register, and get writing!